15 But if on account of meat thy brother is grieved, thou no longer walkest consistently with
love: by thy meat destroy not him for whom Christ died.
16 Let not then your good be subject to the evil-speaking of men.
17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy through
the Holy Spirit.
18 For he who in these things serves Christ, is acceptable to God and approved by men.
19 Let us then follow the things of peace and of mutual edification:
20 On account of meat destroy not the work of God. All things are indeed pure; but evil it is
for man to eat with offense.
21 It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything, by which thy brother may
fall, or be offended, or be weakened.
22 Hast thou faith? Have it for thyself before God: happy is he who condemns not himself in
that which he examines
23 But he who is undecided, if he eat, is condemned; for he eats not in faith: and whatsoever
is not from faith is sin.
CHAPTER 15
1 Now we who are able ought to bear the infirmities of the unable, and not to please ourselves:
2 Let indeed each of us please his neighbor for good, to his edification.
3 For even Christ did not please himself; but, as it is written, “The reproaches of those who
reproached thee, fell upon me.”
4 For whatsoever things have been before written, have been written for our instruction, that
through the patience and consolation of the Scriptures we might have hope:
5 And may the God of patience and of consolation grant you to have the same mind towards
one another, according to Christ Jesus,
6 That ye may unanimously, with one mouth, glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ.
7 Receive ye then one another, as Christ has received us, to the glory of God.
8 Now I say, that Jesus Christ became the minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to
confirm the promises made to the fathers,
9 The Gentiles also ought to glorify God for his mercy, as it is written, “On this account will I
confess to thee among the Gentiles, and to thy name will I sing”
10 And again he says, “Exult, ye Gentiles, with his people;”
11 And further, “Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles, and praise him together, all ye nations:”
12 And again Isaiah says, “There shall be the root; of Jesse, and he who shall rise up to reign
over the
13 Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles hope.” And may the God of hope fill you with all joy and
peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.
14 But I am persuaded, my brethren, even I myself, concerning you, that ye are also yourselves
full of’ goodness, having been filled with all knowledge, being able to admonish one another.
15 The more boldly, however, have I written to you, my brethren, in part, as putting you in
mind, on account of the grace given to me by God,